Mailbag

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mailbag \mail"bag`\, mail bag \mail bag\n.
     A bag in which mailed matter is conveyed or shipped under
     public authority.
  
     Syn: mail pouch.
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. A letter carrier's shoulder bag; as, in England they call
        a mailbag a postbag.
  
     Syn: postbag.
          [WordNet 1.5] mailboat

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mailbag
       n 1: pouch used in the shipment of mail [syn: {mail pouch}]
       2: letter carrier's shoulder bag; "in England they call a
          mailbag a postbag" [syn: {postbag}]